depicted, accordingto the treatise De Vaticiniis Sibilarum, clothed ina robe of ofold brocade and a white veil over herhead. Others paint her with a book of herprophecies in the right hand, and the left placedon her breast, the heavens illumined with a Crossin the centre of the light; because she,… … SllilLI.A PER.-^ICA. [To face po/je 2. FIRST SIBYL 3 Concerning the preaching and baptism of theprecursor, St John the Baptist, are found thefollowing verses, which, translated from theGreek, run thus :— Tunc quoque vox quaedam veniet per deserta locorurn.Nuncia mortales miseros quae clamet ad…
Sibyls · Oracles
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